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====Evidentiality affixes==== | ====Evidentiality affixes==== | ||
Evidentials mark the source of the speaker's information; a ''lack'' of evidential marking signals that the verb is | Evidentials mark the source of the speaker's information; a ''lack'' of evidential marking signals that the verb is an imperative or a purpose clause. Other discourse affixes also go into this slot. | ||
*''qa-'': I witnessed or otherwise directly experienced this | *''qa-'': I witnessed or otherwise directly experienced this | ||
*''pyn-'': information I obtained from hearsay or am quoting | *''pyn-'': information I obtained from hearsay or am quoting | ||
*''dre-'': a third-party source I consider credible | *''dre-'': a third-party source I consider credible | ||
*''mei-'': my own inference, assumption or subjective opinion | *''mei-'': my own inference, assumption or subjective opinion | ||
*''hy-'' (< 'pray tell'): interrogative | *''hy-'' (< 'pray tell'): interrogative (used for both wh-questions and yes-no questions) | ||
====Negative/focus affixes==== | ====Negative/focus affixes==== | ||